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Word: insist (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Verb:

  • obsolete To stand ''on''; to rest ''upon''; to lean ''upon''. Used especially as a technical term in geometry.
  • (''with'' on ''or'' upon) to demand continually that something happen or be done.
  • (''with'' on ''or'' upon) to hold up a claim emphatically.

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